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A demonstration by MARCOS during Navy Day 2018. Navy Day in India is celebrated on 4 December every year to recognize the achievements and role of the Indian Navy to the country. 4 December was chosen as on that day in 1971, during Operation Trident, the Indian Navy sank four Pakistani vessels including PNS Khaibar, killing hundreds of Pakistani Navy personnel.
In 1947, India was partitioned and the dominions of India and Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom. The Royal Indian Navy was split between India and Pakistan, with senior British officers continuing to serve with both navies, and the vessels were divided between the two nations. Vessel type.
Commandant Indian Naval Academy: Vineet McCarty: AVSM: Commandant Naval War College, Goa: Rear Admiral: Arjun Dev Nair: VSM: Commandant Military Institute of Technology: Nelson D’Souza NM: Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College: Puruvir Das NM: Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College: Sanjay Sachdeva NM
The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates significantly in the Persian Gulf Region, the Horn of Africa, the Strait of Malacca, and routinely conducts ...
INS. Vikrant. (1961) INS Vikrant (from Sanskrit vikrānta, "courageous") was a Majestic -class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. The ship was laid down as HMS Hercules for the British Royal Navy during World War II, but was put on hold when the war ended. India purchased the incomplete carrier in 1957, and construction was completed in 1961.
As of April 2024, the Indian Navy possesses two aircraft carriers, one amphibious transport dock, four tank landing ships, 12 destroyers, 12 frigates, two nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, 16 conventionally powered attack submarines, 18 corvettes, eight landing craft utilities, ten large offshore patrol vessels, five fleet tankers ...
Admiral Anandrao Dhulap (active between 1764–1795) Fleet chief, Laya Sarpatil. The Maratha Navy was the naval wing of the armed forces of the Maratha Empire, which existed from around the mid-17th century to the mid-18th century in the Indian subcontinent. [2]
Description. Flag of the Indian Armed Forces. A horizontal tricolour of red, navy blue and sky blue with the tri-service emblem at the centre. Flag of the Chief of Defence Staff. A red field with the flag of India in the canton, and the tri-service emblem. Flag of the Integrated Defence Staff.